Gov. Cuomo said there are a number of "desperate needs" the state needs to fund and none should get priority, as far as potential legal pot revenue goes. (Mary Altaffer / AP)

ALBANY —With many officials already suggesting different ways to burn through the green that the state will generate if it legalizes pot, Gov. Cuomo on Thursday said he doesn’t believe the money should be set aside for specific areas.

“From my position, it’s going to be a question of revenue,” Cuomo said during an appearance on upstate radio’s “The Capitol Pressroom.“There are no dollars that really come into the state that we earmark, except like Lottery dollars (for education).

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“It’s, you have needs, balance the needs with the revenues.”

Cuomo said there are a host of “desperate needs” that the state must fund during the budget process, including health care, education and mass transit.

“Believe me…there will be many more needs at the end of the budget process that we will have satisfied,” he said.

The bill introduced by Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) and Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo) to legalize marijuana would require that at least 50% of the revenue generated go to help minority communities that have been hit hardest by the war on drugs. Others have suggested the revenue be used to help fix the subways or for mass transit across the state. Still others want some revenue to go to aid upstate farmers while others say some should go to anti-addiction programs.

Cuomo, who earlier this week called for passage of a law to legalize recreational marijuana, has not outlined the specifics of how he believes it should be done. He created a panel in August to recommend legislation. On Thursday, he said he will focus on ensuring New York’s law is consistent with those in surrounding states like Massachusetts, where it is already legal, and New Jersey, which is considering the issue. He said it would not work if a nearby state was charging far less for pot than in New York or had a different age for which it was legal.

When asked about a report on the issue of legalizing marijuana released Thursday by Mayor de Blasio, Cuomo said different municipalities have different ideas about how best to legalize pot.

And while he said all opinions should be considered, it will ultimately come down to the state, which has to pass the law.

“There are many many questions, but no city or county can make a law that is applicable,” Cuomo said. “And there will be many opinions and we will listen to all of them. Every city, every county. There is law enforcement etc. It’s a very complicated issue.”